@anthony keep getting a same occuring bug were my game freezes and i cant click on anything in PI have to close it using task manager happens every time march 11 in the 2016 scenario starting in jan any canidates

I would agree that PIPs could be expanded upon, and maybe slightly more varied? Some candidates are MUCH more influential than others. Fiorina doesn’t exactly hold the same as, say, Rubio or Bush.
Maybe depending on their position (Cabinet, Governor, Senator, Businessman, etc) they can have more or less base PIPs.

As far as earning them, I’m unsure. Winning a primary or debate seems almost too easy, and as endorsements are ‘bought’ using PIP, it wouldn’t really be a great idea.

Hey, I just wrote up the first entry into my play by play on the forums and it says the site is down. 500 Internal Server Error. I hit the post buttons after making it just right and then it told me that :c I think the play by play I wrote is gone (as is my motivation a bit now but that’s not your fault I’m just lazy if it doesn’t work) and it said to inform you.

There is a bug problem with the spin, after certain amount of turns the game crashes, the only thing that works is the space button and the game keeps “advancing”, sometimes I even manage to make it to the general election. But nothing else works. Other times the game freezes entirely. The spin button seems to be the problem because when I click it an error appears.

I was 9 delegates short, but on the screen of the “projected/estimated” delegates, I had a “projected” number of 1093 after the primaries were over, the same screen had 986 for candidate B (the only candidate still running against me), 27 for candidate C, 68 for candidate D and 0 for candidate E. As you can see, the numbers were different from the “earned” delegates and I was apparently the presumptive nominee with 1093.

On the convention, each candidate started with the “earned” delegates(not the projected ones) and ALL the remaining-earned delegates went to candidate B and thus I lost the nomination with 1079, I didn’t get a single delegate from anyone. I don’t mind loosing the nomination, what I am arguing is that the projected number for me was 1093(1088 needed) so I thought I was going to be the nominee.

Finally, I would like to know what does it take to win delegates from a candidate that had withdrawn from the primaries and he didn’t endorsed anyobody?

@andres
If I remember correctly, withdrawn candidates’ delegates go to whoever is idealogically closest to the candidate. For example, if you’re playing as Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and you all win some primaries and then Sanders drops out, his delegates will go to Warren unless he happened to endorse you.

Libertarianoftheusa: “@anthony keep getting a same occuring bug were my game freezes and i cant click on anything in PI have to close it using task manager happens every time march 11 in the 2016 scenario starting in jan any canidates”

I’m getting the same bug on march 14th in a 2012 scenario, and it also happened in January 2oth ish

Anyone experiencing a freezing bug, how long are you giving the game to continue? It might be (multiple) candidates withdrawing, the function takes a long time to complete (something I am going to change).

I gave it about 10 minutes before calling it quits. The field in mine was much smaller though since it was 2012, the only conceivable drop outs being Bachman and Perry since Santorum and Hunstman were upsets

On the note of that game, it was the only game I’ve ever had where the low profile Iowa winner go on to rise nationally. Huntsman won Iowa, New Hampshire, and had a commanding lead in South Carolina and had risen to 14%. For the first time, watching as a third party candidate, I felt that the first state effort really paid off which has never happened before in any game I’ve played of PI. Granted, this was probably due to the massive attack ads on Romney and Gingrich, and the giant campaign ruining scandals on the two of them (they also foiled each other during debates hilariously enough allowing Santorum to gain some momentum).

Do you think that some parts of momentum need to be reworked, perhaps? As of now, winning debates and the first primaries only help a little in the big picture. That is literally the only game I’ve had a nobody who won that caucus go anywhere. It’s just a thought.

@anthony it happens at very random points for me,a couple times an error code poped up I’ll try to get the code again and give it to you,It tottaly freezes the game I hear a sound and it freezes,I have to use task manager to exit.

@Caleb “Do you think that some parts of momentum need to be reworked, perhaps?”

Yes, that’s one reason for implementing Favorability. Basically, the game engine is designed for relatively stable, two-party, general election dynamics – sudden, very large surges or collapses (as happen in > 2 candidate systems) are more tricky.

On the 2016 scenario, I made it through the convention. Playing as Ben Carson, I did not win- though Carly Fiorina did. I attempted to use the option to continue the game as her. After clicking “yes”, I am brought back to the main screen (another game window opens). I click back on the other window with the already open game, and get the following error: Access violation at address 00555E84 in module ‘PI.exe’. Read of address 000001C.

I’m having trouble with the game freezing as well. Seems to happen after the new cycle. It goes back to the game play screen but nothing is clickable. Happens at different times… haven’t been able to get past November in the primaries.

I would like to transform PIPs into something like a currency, So, each leader has 100 (say) PIPs, and each PIP has value relative to their prospects, plus some value based on their network. The closer they get to being a likely nominee, the more value each PIP has.

I really enjoy this update. However, I have some concerns about the general election. Whenever I play in the primaries then the general (I usually play as a third party and will not do anything, just to see how the election runs), The two major parties usually have SUBSTANTIAL loss of percentages in a specific state. For example, In Missouri at one point The Republicans had 56%, That dropped to a staggering 17% and undecided jump to almost 40%. They never regained that vote, and lost Missouri by 82-18, which is very unlikely to happen ever. Do you have any idea why this is happening, and what can be done to fix it?

This is a great update. Really glad to see vote totals for the primaries. You all should consider an option where a spreadsheet can be created at the end of the primaries, just like at the end of the general election.

I am also having the same problem of major crashes in support after the primaries. In my user created scenarios, support in several swing states crashes for the incumbent part, and a third party eats up much of that support. When the election results roll in, the incumbent party has lost a few swing states by huge margins. They often win less than 20% of the vote in these states, and a third party gets more than that. The numbers in this need to be stabilized.

An option to consider regarding the primaries. It would be great if we could input the number of registered voters in each state/district, and then base the turnout off of that. Also, higher turnout percentages should go in the following order: Open Primaries, Closed Primaries, Open Caucuses, and Closed Caucuses.

Thank you all for the hard work that you all do! Can’t wait to see the next update!

I was playing the 2016 campaign playing as Barack Obama, and during the Republican primaries Cruz dropped out after losing to Trump handily. During the convention most of the candidates endorsed Cruz and he won the convention with 14?? delegates while trump had less and he was eliminated from the convention. Cruz won which I guess voided the Republican candidate. I could not campaign against the Republican candidate, even in the debates the Rep. candidate did not show up. During election night just as I had suspected Trump/Cruz did not compete and I won with 75%

Re primaries turnout, in the latest internal it simply uses actual turnout. It’s a fixed number, although it might be modified. It’s very difficult to model turnout in primaries, because there are so many variables.

I think one way to do primary turnout that would make sense is to rank the turnout percentage based on the type of primary. For example, a state with open primaries should have a much higher turnout percentage than a state with a closed caucus, and a state with a closed primary should have a higher turnout percentage than a state with a open caucus. The type of primary should influence the turnout percentage.

Currently, there is a poll going on to see what features players want to see most and a place to offer more suggestions on the forums. You can vote for your most wanted gameplay features, minor features, and features that are already on the to-do list.

This way you can see not only what others are looking forward to most, but it’s also feedback on what players are currently wanting. Please vote and offer suggestions!